Global Patent Index - EP 1193591 A2

EP 1193591 A2 20020403 - Data storage array device and data access method

Title (en)

Data storage array device and data access method

Title (de)

Datenspeicheranordnung und Verfahren zum Datenzugriff

Title (fr)

Réseau de mémoire de données et procédé d'accès de données

Publication

EP 1193591 A2 20020403 (EN)

Application

EP 01123160 A 20010927

Priority

JP 2000300051 A 20000929

Abstract (en)

A data storage array device including: a plurality of data storage devices having a redundant information; and a controller that controls the data storage devices, wherein the controller has instruction issuing means of sequentially issuing access instruction groups configured by a plurality of divided access instructions, to the plurality of data storage devices; response detecting means of detecting responses to the instructions executed in the data storage devices; timer means of counting time; and completion processing means, which monitors a group of responses to a given one of the access instruction groups, and if the responses from all data storage devices have been finished within a period set by the timer means, completes response processing for the given one of the access instruction groups at the point when the responses have been finished, and if the responses from all data storage devices have not been finished at the end of a period set by the timer, completes response processing for the given one of the access instruction groups by using only the responses from the data storage devices that have finished their responses at the end of the period of the timer.

IPC 1-7

G06F 3/06

IPC 8 full level

G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 3/0611 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 11/1076 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 11/1088 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 7/17336 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/2312 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/2326 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 21/2396 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 2211/1016 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1193591 A2 20020403; EP 1193591 A3 20071031; US 2002040419 A1 20020404; US 6735672 B2 20040511

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01123160 A 20010927; US 96577801 A 20010928